Man jailed after causing victims on Carousell to lose more than $176,000 in car rental scam

The 50-year-old was on Sept 15 handed a jail term of three years and six months after he pleaded guilty to five cheating charges and one forgery indictment.

Listen Summarise Soon Yunn Chiuan ran a car rental business on Carousell but faced cash flow problems, leading him to deceive customers and take payments despite knowing cars would be repossessed. He cheated customers 40 times, causing losses over $176,000, and used payments to cover other rental fees and personal expenses, continuing the scheme until 2025 under aliases. Soon also forged a hire letter from Zupreme Services to mislead a client, resulting in $13,400 paid to him, for which he partially repaid $1,850 after being caught and jailed for 3.5 years. AI generated